Master data access
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a first set of communications from a first client;
analyzing the first set of communications to find a set of characteristics that the first client associates with a data object used in the first set of communications;
analyzing other communications received from clients to find additional sets of characteristics that clients associate with data objects that have the same characteristics as the first set of characteristics;
placing the first client and clients who sent a set of characteristics that are the same as the first set of characteristics into a client group; and
generating a data distribution path to allow updates of the set of characteristics to be sent to the client group.
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Abstract
A heterogeneous information technology system in which compatible and incompatible client systems are able to dynamically access master data stored in a master database maintained by a master data server. An integration server communicates with the client systems and the master data server, and in response to a request for data from a client system, maps the master data in the master database to mapped data based on a set of mapping rules associated with the client system, and sends the mapped data to the client system.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a first set of communications from a first client; analyzing the first set of communications to find a set of characteristics that the first client associates with a data object used in the first set of communications; analyzing other communications received from clients to find additional sets of characteristics that clients associate with data objects that have the same characteristics as the first set of characteristics; placing the first client and clients who sent a set of characteristics that are the same as the first set of characteristics into a client group; and generating a data distribution path to allow updates of the set of characteristics to be sent to the client group.
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2. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a machine-readable medium, for dynamic access of master data, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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receive a first set of communications from a first client; analyze the first set of communications to find a set of characteristics that the first client associates with a data object used in the first set of communications; analyze other communications received from clients to find additional sets of characteristics that clients associate with data objects that are the same characteristics as the first set of characteristics; place the first client and clients who sent a set of characteristics that are the same as the first set of characteristics into a client group; and generate a data distribution path so that the programmable processor can route updates of the set of characteristics to the client group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 3. The method of clam 1, wherein the data object is from master data, the master data maintained in a master database accessible by the first client and the second client.
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4. The method of clam 3, comprising:
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providing the master database having the master data; providing an interface for updating the master database; providing an interface for mapping subsets of the master data into mapped data having a format that is acceptable to the first client and the second client; and providing a user interface for entering and displaying subsets of the master data.
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5. The method of clam 3, further comprising providing an exchange infrastructure that receives published data, published by the first client, and routes the published data to the second client that has requested the published data.
- 6. The method of clam 3, further comprising providing a content integrator to find characteristics that the first client and the second client commonly associate with the data object.
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